# Which version of Deepseek R1 does Cursor use?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/which-version-of-deepseek-r1-does-cursor-use/45703>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Created:** [January 28, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/which-version-of-deepseek-r1-does-cursor-use/45703 "2025-01-28T19:28:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![younio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecd19e/32.png) [@younio](https://forum.cursor.com/u/younio)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/which-version-of-deepseek-r1-does-cursor-use/45703/1 "2025-01-28T19:28:14Z")

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There are many Deepseek R1 models [GitHub - deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1?tab=readme-ov-file#3-model-downloads)

Is Cursor using a distilled version? or the 671B one?

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/which-version-of-deepseek-r1-does-cursor-use/45703/2 "2025-01-29T04:53:49Z")

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Hey, we are using the DeepSeek R1 model with 671B parameters.

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**Author:** ![younio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecd19e/32.png) [@younio](https://forum.cursor.com/u/younio)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/which-version-of-deepseek-r1-does-cursor-use/45703/3 "2025-01-29T05:50:12Z")

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Thank you for confirming this!

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/which-version-of-deepseek-r1-does-cursor-use/45703/5 "2026-06-18T10:26:05Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:26am UTC